Introduction to People Management

Introduction to people
management.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
1) Leadership and management..................................................................................................3
2). Training and Development....................................................................................................5
3.) Talent management underpin performance management......................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The project shall be reflecting the people management policies that Easyjet shall be
employing to maximize the satisfaction of employees contributing to the achievement of the
objectives of the company. Easyjet is a multinational airline group having its headquarter at
London. It operates in the low cost segment providing the services of the domestic as well as the
international airlines. It shall highlight the three main dimensions of people management like
leadership and management, training and development and the talent management. It shall be
depicting the current state of the company in respective dimensions with the support of various
theories and models. Lastly it shall include the recommendations for improving the current state
so that Easyjet can improve its profitability and future growth prospects.
MAIN BODY
1) Leadership and management
Leadership is a function of management wherein the leaders define the vision of the
company and persuades the team to achieve the organizational objectives. Leadership and
management are two different terms and the relation shared is that leadership quality is necessary
for effective management of the company (Castillo and Hallinger, 2018). Leadership plays
crucial role and is beneficial for the organization in terms of boosting the morale, generating
confidence, motivating and guiding and initiating action in order to fulfil the vision of the
company.
There can be various implications of poor leadership in an organization like high level of
employee turnover, lower productivity, dissatisfaction among the employees, organizational
conflicts and poor brand image (Bush, Bell and Middlewood, 2019).
Easyjet is famous for the leadership styles and qualities that are possessed by its
workforce. The people management strategy that the company adopts is that it gives freedom to
the workforce and welcomes their leadership attributes. It uses the transformational leadership
style where the leaders or the management of the company motivates, inspires and convince the
employees to create a change through innovation and differentiation which shall be the driving
force for the success of the company (Car, Kyaw and Atun, 2018). Through innovation the
company targets the niche market and build competitive advantage in the industry. The low cost

airlines is one of such innovation which made the company acquire its market share and
successfully compete in the market.
The CEO of Easyjet has been rewarded for the excellent innovation of low cost airlines
and got a gold medal for the execution of transformational leadership programme. Based on
these Easyjet has a positive trading environment wherein the morale of its employees it boosted
and thereby the services they provides maximizes the satisfaction of the passengers. All these
factors ultimately determines the success of the company (Fraser, Castrucci and Harper, 2017).
Easyjet has used Greiner's model over so many years to grow in the business and face the
challenges that come along the way. This model has been supportive to their transformational
style of leadership as it facilitates making innovations in the operations of the company.
The relevant theories of leadership that the business of Easyjet has to follow are:-
 Great Man theory- This theory is one of the most prominent one for Easyjet as it believes
that the leaders are born not made. Following this theory the management of Easyjet
recruits its staff. The company whose main vision is to lead with innovation has to select
its personnels who are capable, possess leadership qualities, takes initiatives, motivates
the subordinates to work better so that operational efficiency can be generated and
simultaneous profitability can be achieved. Its management is also one which has
confidence and intellectuality to bring a change in the industry (Gümüş, 2020).